News & Events

Congratulations Ms. Simpson for your program winning this year’s ASAH and NJSBA Innovations in Special Education Award! Benway School’s Transitions Program has partnered with William Paterson University’s “Pathway to Professional Careers” placing transitioning students 18-21 years old in a college setting in order to acquaint them with a new environment much larger than that of…

Corey the Dribbler is a 4 Time Guinness World Record Holder that played for the Harlem Globetrotters. He came to visit Benway to teach us tricks and spread his positive message of the three Rs. Respect, Responsibility and Resilience!

Benway School participated for the fifth year in a row in Computer Science Education Week. Computer Science Education Week is an annual call to action to inspire students to learn computer science, advocate for equity, and celebrate the contributions of students, teachers, and partners to the field. Students spent at least an hour during the…

Students from Benway participated in the CoderZ Coding Competition.  CoderZ is an international virtual competition designed to engage students, regardless of their coding experience, with exciting challenges and opportunities to work collaboratively in teams. This year we entered three teams. Short Bytes our novice division (grades 4-6) in which Noah, Canddies, and Izabella placed 104th…

This year our Art teacher, Ms. Decoursey, has been nominated for 3 different teacher of the year awards.   Shannon Decoursey  beloved teacher at Benway School found her calling to serve the special education community in her early years as she, a student with SLD herself, volunteered to help the low instance special education classroom in…

Students earn monthly academic and incentive based trips at Benway. Recently, Benway tackled an issue with students’ motivation by decreasing the point average needed to earn the field trips by just 3 points. Benway found that the slight change made students feel like the trips were more attainable and thus were able to turn student…

Caroline Maguire provided a virtual training on SEL instruction to the Benway staff and various sending district CSTs. Thank you Caroline for making this topic engaging and approachable to all parties. Caroline provided resources from her book, “Why Will No One Play With Me”. Caroline says she is, “All about real world, easy to follow…

Beginning on Monday, April 19, 2021, Benway School will be updating the current Visitor Policy. Effective Monday, April 19, 2021 Benway School will allow visitors under the following guidelines. Permitted visitors include: Child Study Team members conducting triennial testing (Educational or Psychological testing) for students attending Benway School (with parent permission). Child Study Team members…

Benway School joined the William Paterson University’s School of Continuing and Professional Education’s Academic Transition Program. This allows “students ages 18 – 21 with moderate learning disabilities in local school districts forge career paths and embrace life transition opportunities.”The Program was recently featured on mypaperonline.com. Please open the link to learn more!